(MRS.) E. ELLIOTT.
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24 March 1977
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Case of
The case of injustice towards
has continued for nearly nine years, and as the Government here, including the "Independent Commission Against Corruption" seems to have no intention of investi- gating the case thoroughly, a group of citizens has formed an Ad Hoc Committee to try to get redress.
They recently held a press conference, and are now pressing the Governor of Hong Kong to set up an independent enquiry.
has been trying himself to take legal action against several persons concerned in the conspiracy, but as he has no money to engage lawyers, and the Government will not help him by granting legal aid, he has been doing rather badly in the courts. His lack of legal training makes him no match for the first-class counsel, both in Government employ and employed by the Government from the private sector at public expense, on behalf of his police opponents, the Senior officers he is accusing of libel and corruption. Each time he loses his case he makes a new appeal but it is clear that the Government will put every obstacle in the way of his winning his case.
was demoted because he refused to pay a $6,000 bribe at the Police Training School. This was the usual practice. When he refused to pay he was given no reason for demotion but later he was told he "must have cheated" in a test because he had done so well. He was, in fact, an outstanding policeman, as all his confi- dental reports up to that time indicate.
Since the Government here has so far not been prepared to inves- figate, apparently because corruption above a certain level is exempt from investigation, I wish to appeal to Members of Parliament, Labour Party, and any other British citizens of conscience, to press
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